''Trematocara'' is a genus of
cichlids
Cichlids are fish from the family (biology), family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses (Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have c ...
endemic
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to
Lake Tanganyika
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in Africa. They are relatively small, up to long,
and slender in shape.
[Smith, M.P. (1998). Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids, p. 9. ] These
schooling
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,
light-shy fish are typically found in relatively deep waters, but move closer to the surface at night to feed on
plankton
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.
[ They are ]mouthbrooder
Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a va ...
s.[
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Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[
* '' Trematocara caparti'' ]Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Figurative head counts
* Poll, a formal election
** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts
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, 1948
* '' Trematocara kufferathi'' Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Figurative head counts
* Poll, a formal election
** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts
** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions
** Polling places o ...
, 1948
* '' Trematocara macrostoma'' Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Figurative head counts
* Poll, a formal election
** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts
** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions
** Polling places o ...
, 1952
* '' Trematocara marginatum'' Boulenger, 1899
* '' Trematocara nigrifrons'' Boulenger, 1906
* '' Trematocara stigmaticum'' Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Figurative head counts
* Poll, a formal election
** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts
** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions
** Polling places o ...
, 1943
* '' Trematocara unimaculatum'' Boulenger, 1901
* '' Trematocara variabile'' Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Figurative head counts
* Poll, a formal election
** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts
** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions
** Polling places o ...
, 1952
* '' Trematocara zebra'' De Vos, Nshombo & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1996
References
Bathybatini
Cichlid genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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